VRA33 Conference program (PDF) available
Dear colleagues,
I’m pleased to announce the conference program PDF is now available from the conference website’s Program page.
This year it’s more interactive than previous years, clicking on a sponsor's logo should take you to their website, clicking on a table of contents item takes you to that page, and some URLs in the program are live hyperlinks. Of course these won’t work if you print it out, but if you keep a copy on your computer, tablet or smartphone they should work just fine (depending on which pdf viewing application you use). The PDF is approximately 13MB, small enough to be portable but large enough to print nicely and look good on just about any screen.
You can find the download link on this page: http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra33/program/
See you in Denver!
John
VRA 33 Conference Proposal Deadline is July 3rd, 2014!
The July 3rd deadline for the submission of conference proposals is rapidly approaching. Please consider participating in the VRA 33rd Annual Conference; see below for details. A big thank you to everyone who has already submitted proposals.
--Steven Kowalik, VRA Vice President for Conference Program
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The Visual Resources Association’s 33rd Annual Conference (VRA33)will be held in Denver, Colorado, from Wednesday, March 11th, through Saturday, March 14th, 2015, in the Westin Denver Downtown hotel. Please mark your calendars.
Proposals are now being solicited for the 2015 program case studies, papers, posters, sessions, special interest/user groups, and workshops. All proposals are welcome.
As of July 3, 2014, proposal submissions for VRA 33 are no longer being accepted. Thank you to everyone who has submitted proposals. Submitters can expect to receive final notification no later than September 20th.
- A session is a maximum 90 minute moderated session with 3 to 4 speakers at 15 to 20 minutes each followed by a facilitated brief question and answer period.
- A workshop is a 2, 3 or 4 hour workshop to develop skills and experience in the field of visual resources, preferably with hands-on activities.
- A paper is an individual idea submission, which will be reviewed for possible grouping into a session.
- A special interest/user group is a 60 to 90-minute informal facilitated group discussion on topics related to a specific community within VRA.
- A case study is detailed information about an individual, small group, or project, generally including the accounts of subjects themselves. Moderators are encouraged to submit proposals. Individual case study proposals will be reviewed for possible groupings similar to the session format.
- A poster advertises your research, and combines text and graphics to make a visually pleasing presentation. (http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=78)
The quality of conference content depends upon YOUR ideas and contributions, so let those creative juices flow. Use suggested topics compiled from post-conference survey responses (see below) or your imagination to propose ideas which expand our outlooks beyond that which is familiar. If there is an area of concern or interest that you feel has not been adequately addressed in previous programs, do consider participating in this process by submitting a proposal. Moderators may put out calls for presenters within a proposed topic before or after submission of proposal. The VRA Executive Board will be looking for articulate and concise submissions with lists of presenters, when applicable. Specificity regarding audio-visual needs including live internet connectivity is recommended.
Some suggested topics:
- Digital preservation
- Digital stewardship
- Digital curation / data curation
- Workflow management and documentation
- Visualization
- Visual Literacy
- Digital Humanities
- VR professionals as bridges for digital humanities research
- Digital mapping
- Image use across disciplines and the curriculum
- Analog media
- Legacy slide collections
- New technology
- Copyright
- Linked Open Data
- Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
- Museums and Libraries: similarities and differences
- New spaces, repurposing as collaborative learning environments
- Expanding professional roles
- Alternative careers
- Institution-wide involvement
- International issues
- Museum imaging workflow
- Marketing, outreach
- Social media
- Crosswalking & interoperability between metadata standards
- Uses of embedded metadata
Workshop ideas:
- Project management
- WordPress blogging
- Leadership
- Staff development, general management skills
- Copyright permissions for publishing
- Shared Shelf drop-in clinic
Questions about the proposal process and the various presentation formats included in the VRA Conference program can be directed to me at <stevenk.vra@gmail.com>.
The proposal deadline is July 3, 2014. I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Steven Kowalik
Mini Survey for 2015 Distinguished Service and Nancy DeLaurer Awards
The VRA Awards Committee seeks your help in identifying this year's nominees and their nominators. We invite you to submit a very brief mini-survey to help us identify potential nominees and nominators: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/awards_comm. Please complete and submit your survey by July 7, 2014.Each year the Visual Resources Association's Awards Committee encourages worthy nominations from the membership for the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) and the Nancy DeLaurier Award (NDL). The DSA honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. The NDL, named for one of the pioneers of the visual resources profession, honors either a single individual or a group of visual resources professionals for distinguished achievement in the field. "Achievement" is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, web site creation, or other outstanding effort or project.Although nominations for the DSA and the NDL are initiated by Visual Resources Association members, the nominees need not be members of the organization.A nomination dossier should consist of a cover letter from the nominator(s) describing the nature of the achievement, the candidates’ curriculum vitae, and supporting letters and documentation. Electronic nominations via e-mail or a file hosting service such as Dropbox™ are preferred; nomination dossiers are due November 3, 2015. Members of the VRA Awards Committee, upon reviewing submitted dossiers, may recommend one recipient for the Distinguished Service Award and up to two individual recipients or a single group recipient of the Nancy DeLaurier Award in any given cycle.Recommendations are subject to approval by the VRA Executive Board. All nomination dossiers will be retained in the Association Archives.We strongly encourage co-nominators, and the members of the Awards Committee are prepared to offer help and advice. For more information including a list of previous award recipients, please visit the Awards page on the VRA website.
Thank you for your help in identifying worthy recipients of VRA's distinguished awards. Please consider nominating a worthy colleague for one of these prestigious VRA awards.
All the best,
Margaret WebsterChair, VRA Awards Committee